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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Calla Wahlquist

Kindergarten teacher to face Perth court on child sexual assault charges

Canning Vale man was arrested by the child abuse squad on 6 May.
Canning Vale man was arrested by the child abuse squad on 6 May. Photograph: Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images

A Perth kindergarten teacher will face court on Tuesday on charges of sexually assaulting two four-year-old girls.

The 23-year-old Canning Vale man is alleged to have assaulted the girls between November and December 2014 while he was a teacher at an early learning school.

He was arrested by the child abuse squad and on 6 May was charged with six counts of sexual penetration of a child aged under 13 and one count of indecent dealing with a child under 13.

The man is scheduled to appear in Armadale magistrates court on Tuesday.

WA Police have not released any details about the early learning school.

A spokesman for Western Australia police said the man was already facing four other child sex charges: two counts of indecent dealing with a child under 13, one count of sexually penetrating a child under 13 and one count of indecently recording a child under 13.

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